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USDA Merrill Service Center Relocates
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Submitted: 06/19/2013 |
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MERRILL - Farmers in Lincoln and Langlade Counties may need to make a longer drive or call a different office for USDA services.
The Merrill Service Center will be temporarily split up between Rhinelander, Wausau, and Medford.
The Farm Service Agency will move to the Wausau Service Center and the Natural Resources Conservation Service will be relocated to the Rhinelander and Medford Centers.
These moves will last until further notice.
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Woman killed when ATV goes over cliff
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Submitted: 06/19/2013 |
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SAXON - A woman died when an ATV sailed over a cliff in Iron county.
Deputies got the call around seven last night about the ATV crash near Harbor Drive in Saxon.
The ATV did not make it around a corner on Harbor drive and traveled over the cliff, coming to rest on the beach.
A 42 year old woman who was a passenger on the ATV was dead at the scene.
Her 44 year old husband had been driving, and suffered severe injuries.
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Newman High Schools received new solar panels
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Submitted: 06/19/2013 |
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WAUSAU - A Wausau high school will go green to save money and teach students about energy conservation.
New solar panels will sit on top of the roof.
It will save Newman High School approximately $400 a year.
The W-P-S foundation donated the system as part of the SolarWise for school program.
It's an educational experience for the kids as well.
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Plans for next wolf hunt move forward
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Submitted: 06/19/2013 |
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MADISON - Wisconsin wildlife officials want hunters and trappers kill more wolves this year.
Yesterday the DNR finalized proposed kill quotas for the state's second wolf season.
The quota was set at 275 wolves.
The state's Chippewa tribes are entitled to part of that quota.
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ArtStart Opens New Exhibit
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Submitted: 06/19/2013 |
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RHINELANDER - You don't need to go outside to enjoy the outdoors.
The new ArtStart exhibit brings nature indoors.
The exhibit features work from artists around the country.
It includes artifacts, paintings, and sculptures.
Mitch Mode is a guest curator.
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Forest Co. man gets jail for firing gun in house, pointing it at wife
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Submitted: 06/19/2013 |
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CRANDON - The Forest County man who pointed a gun at his wife and fired a shot in their home will serve conditional jail time.
Forrest Schaller was originally charged with attempted first degree intentional homicide.
But today he agreed to a deal with the State. He pleaded guilty to recklessly endangering safety and felon possession of a firearm.
In exchange, the Court dropped the attempted homicide charge.
Schaller will serve one year in Forest County jail with work-release privileges. He'll be on probation for eight years.
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Woman with Alzheimer's found safe
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Submitted: 06/19/2013 |
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WOOD COUNTY - A barking dog led searchers to a Wood County woman with Alzheimer's disease.
Just before five last night, a call came in saying the woman was missing from the 46-hundred block of Lynn Hill Road in Port Edwards township.
The woman was enrolled in the "Project Lifesaver" program, and was wearing a transmitter.
However, the battery had apparently gone dead, so searchers could not find her that way.
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